[BCMA] Vancouver WW1 Commemorative Places Bus Tour

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To commemorate the centenary of the start of WW1, Heritage Vancouver is
organising a bus tour of commemorative places and monuments. Details of this
one off event are below, please join us!

 

Vancouver's WW1 Commemorative Places Bus Tour 

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Sunday, November 2, 2014; 1 pm to 5 pm (loading begins at 12:30 and bus
departs at 1 sharp)

Meet at Women's Hospital (4500 Heather Street), Vancouver

Admission: $35.00; Heritage Vancouver Members $30.00

Tour guide: Isaac Vanderhorst

 

Monuments commemorating the lives of Vancouverites killed in WW1 occupy a
prominent place in our urban cultural landscape rooting us to our history
and reminding us of this monumental event. Climb aboard for an exclusive
guided tour of some of Vancouver's WW1 Commemorative Places.

 

Isaac Vanderhorst, historian and Heritage Vancouver Board member will
fascinate you with stories of WW1 memorials such as the Japanese War
Memorial in Stanley Park, the historic lights on the Burrard Street Bridge,
the Angel of Mercy, the Cenotaph, South Memorial Park to name but a few.

 

The bus will stop for a short tour at two selected sites. One of these, the
Canadian Memorial United Church and Centre for Peace, contains the only
"Books of Remembrance" other than in the Peace Tower in Ottawa.We will also
explore the Beatrice Lennie reliefs that frame the entrance to the former
Shaughnessy hospital before the bus leaves.

 

To purchase tickets see Eventbrite
<https://ww1-commemorativetour.eventbrite.ca/>  or www.heritagevancouver.org

 

 

Helen Phillips

 

Program Coordinator

Heritage Vancouver Society

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